Nibbles – Page 433 – Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

January 22, 2008

Making wine

How to make wine. With pic goodness. AA unavailable for comment.

January 22, 2008

Ark of Taste

Slow Food databases “forgotten flavours.” Thanks, Lubin.

January 22, 2008January 22, 2008

How to tell hatched eggs

Hatched eggshells have telltale signature, could identify earliest domesticated turkeys.

January 20, 2008January 19, 2008

The phylogeny of a human disease

The Columbian Exchange included syphillis.

January 20, 2008

Farmer breeder recognized

Indian farmer shows breeders a thing or two.

1. Kurdistan inaugurates a new genebank in Sulaymaniyah, which Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani calls one of Kurdistan and Iraq’s most important national projects.
2. Ghana complements its national collection at Bunso. The new facility further north will improve drying, processing and conservation, while giving northern farmers and breeders closer access to crop diversity.
3. Three decades of African bean research partnerships and networking have helped turn a staple crop into a vehicle for improved nutrition, livelihoods and climate resilience.
4. In the Philippines, eight promising purple-yam accessions combine yield, sensory quality and market appeal, with Villasis 2 producing up to 60 tonnes per hectare in trials. Does it need a network next?
5. However, executive director of Seed Savers Exchange Mike Bollinger’s call in Food Tank’s to carry seed diversity forward extends stewardship beyond formal institutions: Indigenous communities, farmers, gardeners and seed libraries all have a role in keeping crop diversity alive and used.
Published on August 27, 2026